Nervous System
Which part of the body is the control center for the nervous system?
What is the Brain
What is the main part of the circulatory system?
What is the heart
Which nutrient is especially needed to keep bones strong?
What is calcium
There are how many muscle types in your body and can you name them?
What is 3 types (Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth)
List your 5 senses and the major body part associated with each.
Hear - Ears, See - Eyes, Taste - Tongue, Touch - Skin, Smell - Nose.
The typical brain weighs how much?
What is 3 pounds
Where is the heart located?
Under the rib cage / sternum and sits to the left.
True or False: Adults have more bones that babies?
False
What is a voluntary muscle and name one?
It is a muscle you choose to use
Messages from the nerves travel to your brain at which MPH?
What is 200 mph
There are two types of nerves...what are they?
What are the sensorial and motor nerves.
What are the two bottle chambers called of the heart?
what are the left and right ventricle
What are the vertebrae
What is an involuntary muscle and can you name one?
It is a muscle that contracts without thought
True or False: Autonomic nerves are automatic, while somatic nerves are voluntary?
The branching network of nerves spread from what place?
What is the Spinal Cord
What part of your body bring deoxygenated blood back from your brain?
The hollow interior of bones is filled with what?
What is bone marrow
What is the name of the muscle normally known has your calf muscle?
What is the Tibialis
True or False: Arteries carry the blood away from the heart and the veins carry blood back
True
The biggest part of the brain is called the what?
What is the Cerebrum
Which part of the body cleans waste products from blood?
what is the kidney
What is the disease that affects the spine or backbones?
What is scoliosis
What is the correct name for your abs?
What is Rectus Abdominus
Which part of the brain helps keep your balance so you don't fall flat on your face?
What is the cerebellum